Olumu women inhabit a world where, unlike regular people, perception is limitless.Īmala exposes and challenges many of society’s common beliefs and truths: sexism, racism, religion and homophobia to name but a few Yewande is born into a family where the women have a special gift of expanded awareness called Olumu. Something is wrong with Mary Johnson at birth but we are not told what till later in the story. Yewande’s mother is happy with her baby while Mary’s mother is horrified by her newborn. These two girls of Nigerian heritage are born in a suburban town just outside London in 1982. We start at the birth of two babies – Yewande Daramola-Drayton and Mary Johnson. The story is divided into two parts – childhood and young adulthood. Dictionary by my side, I was ready for it. This novel wasn’t going to be a light read. “I have come to believe that the whole world in an enigma a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.” Under an Emerald Sky begins with a quote by the writer and philosopher, Umberto Eco:
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